Reviewing Sportsman’s Warehouse (NASDAQ:SPWH) and Christopher & Banks (OTCMKTS:CBKCQ)

Sportsman’s Warehouse (NASDAQ:SPWH) and Christopher & Banks (OTCMKTS:CBKCQ) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Volatility and Risk

Sportsman’s Warehouse has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Christopher & Banks has a beta of -6.95, suggesting that its share price is 795% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Sportsman’s Warehouse and Christopher & Banks, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sportsman’s Warehouse	1	1	5	0	2.57
Christopher & Banks	0	0	0	0	0.00

Sportsman’s Warehouse presently has a consensus price target of $2.88, suggesting a potential upside of 103.90%. Given Sportsman’s Warehouse’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sportsman’s Warehouse is more favorable than Christopher & Banks.

Profitability

This table compares Sportsman’s Warehouse and Christopher & Banks’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sportsman’s Warehouse	-3.05%	-7.20%	-1.72%
Christopher & Banks	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sportsman’s Warehouse and Christopher & Banks”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sportsman’s Warehouse	$1.20 billion	0.05	-$33.06 million	($0.97)	-1.45
Christopher & Banks	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Christopher & Banks has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sportsman’s Warehouse.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

83.0% of Sportsman’s Warehouse shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Sportsman’s Warehouse shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Christopher & Banks shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Sportsman’s Warehouse beats Christopher & Banks on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sportsman’s Warehouse

Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. engages in the retail of sporting and athletic goods. Its products include hunting and shooting, archery, fishing, camping, boating accessories, optics and electronics, knives and tools, and footwear. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in West Jordan, UT.

About Christopher & Banks

Christopher & Banks Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty retailer of private-brand women's apparel and accessories in the United States. The company designs and sells women's apparel and accessories to customers ranging in age from 50 and older. Its stores offer women's apparel consisting of casual clothing, everyday basics, wear-to-work, leisure/active wear, and sleepwear in missy, petite, and women sizes, as well as jewelry and accessories. It also operates christopherandbanks.com, an e-commerce website for its Christopher & Banks and CJ Banks brands. The company was formerly known as Braun's Fashions Corporation and changed its name to Christopher & Banks Corporation in July 2000. Christopher & Banks Corporation was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota. On April 13, 2021, the voluntary petition of Christopher & Banks Corporation for reorganization under Chapter 11 was converted to Chapter 7. It had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on January 13, 2021.